NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas – The Corpus Christi IceRays fell to the Lone Star Brahmas by a 4-0 final Saturday at NYTEX Sports Centre. Cayden Bailey made 22 saves to record his sixth shutout of the season for the Brahmas (30-8-0-1, 61 pts.).
Brahmas center Andrew DeCarlo opened the game’s scoring at 6:04 of the first period. The Brahmas then scored twice in 21 seconds, with Joey Baez picking up his Brahmas-leading 26th goal of the season at 12:11, then defenseman Malcolm Palmer recording his first career NAHL goal at 12:32.
Neither team scored in the second period with the Brahmas doubling the IceRays in shots, 10-5.
CJ Walker tipped the puck in at 7:43 of the third period to put Lone Star up 4-0.
The Brahmas outshot the IceRays by a 26-22 margin. Palmer’s goal was the only one scored on the game’s 11 combined power play opportunities.
The IceRays (13-22-3-3, 32 pts.) and Brahmas battle again next weekend with a pair of games in Corpus Christi. Puck drop on Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25 at American Bank Center is at 7:05 p.m. Friday’s game is Auto Racing Night with South Texas Speedway presented by Sames Ford, including a specialty, game-worn jersey auction.
IceRays tickets are on sale at the American Bank Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. IceRays games, home and away, can be heard live on Sports Radio Corpus Christi 1230 AM-95.1 FM-96.1 FM (KSIX-AM/FM) and mixlr.com/icerays, and can be viewed on HockeyTV (HD iPPV). For more information on the IceRays, or to purchase tickets, visit goicerays.com or call 361-814-PUCK (7825). Stay connected with the IceRays on Facebook (/CorpusChristiIceRays), Twitter (@goicerays) and Instagram (CorpusChristiIceRays).
